Dendron News

All incumbents reclaimed their seats either on the Town Council or as mayor Tuesday after write-in campaigns in Dendron, where the ballot had no official candidates because everyone missed the March deadline to ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“I don't like unsolved cases. I try to do the best I can for the citizens of the county. I wouldn't want my kids on a bike ride or a taking a walk and they would have to see something like that.”

Three young adults in Surry County looking for fun spent a night on the town rearranging letters on church signs, authorities say. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“He was among the longest-serving mayors in Virginia”

DENDRON Not many spend their final hours on Earth thinking about water and sewerage, but Benny W. Muncy did. via PilotOnline.com

A group of Virginia watermen will meet next week to discuss filing a class-action lawsuit against government officials over the "serious and continuing decline of the Chesapeake Bay." More>> Ben Muncy, the ... via WTKR-TV Norfolk

“When they opened the door you could smell the odor of feces throughout the house. It was horrible. I've never seen anything like it.”

Ben Muncy, the longtime Dendron mayor known for being so devoted to the job he'd perform repairs to the town's aging water system himself, died Thursday. via WTKR-TV Norfolk

A group of Virginia watermen will meet next week to discuss filing a class-action lawsuit against government officials over the "serious and continuing decline of the Chesapeake Bay." More>> Ben Muncy, the ... via WTKR-TV Norfolk

“That's how you know it's a boom town.”

A husband went to the hospital. A wife passed away. Cancer struck. Grandchildren were born. via WSLS

So no one wants to be mayor of Dendron? As of the 7 p.m. filing deadline Tuesday, no one had filed paperwork to run for mayor of the tiny Surry County town just north of Suffolk . via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Driven by higher costs and demand, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is looking at sites in Surry and Sussex counties to build a power plant. via WTOP-FM Washington

“It is really about what site is more conducive to them, from an environmental standpoint”

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative says it doesn't know what kind of power plant it wants to build in either Surry or Sussex County, but the electric cooperative is clearly thinking big. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

“We have seen a small, but measurable increase in ridership”

John Meng may have been the only commuter who wasn't gnashing his teeth when the ferry Poca hontas broke down during rush hour on a brisk winter morning. via Williamsburg Magazine

Joe Paterno didn't have to look far to fill his latest coaching vacancy. Alamo Bowl sold out The Nittany Lions have promoted Kermit Buggs, their coordinator of player personnel and development, to safeties ... via Centre Daily Times

A current board member's husband couldn't clinch his retiring wife's seat, and a former school superintendent just missed winning a seat on the board that fired her, in the Surry County School Board elections. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Challenger Ernest L. Blount won the Dendron district seat on the Surry County Board of Supervisors, but challenger Nannie L. Brown failed to unseat incumbent M. Sherlock Holmes. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Surry County Cougars and the visiting Rappahannock Raiders , observed Surry County's football squad defeat Rappahannock by a count of 28-6. The Cougars now ... via MaxPreps

The Surry County Cougars football squad scored 66 points and restricted the visiting Arcadia Firebirds to 0 in the Cougars non-league victory on Friday. via MaxPreps